COLOR SPLASHED There was a time, not so very long ago, when the colors of the rainbow were completely hidden from sight; I simply couldn’t see all the beauty in life; blinded as I was to what was right in front of me. Every day seemed exactly the same as it was the day before, […]
WORDS FOUND ALONG THE WAY I find it really hard to even find the words to say just how I feel when it’s time to say goodbye. There are no words adequate enough to begin to express how I’m feeling or exactly why I feel this way. So I’ll simply write down these inadequate words […]
NO REGRETS Remembering sweet times puts a smile on my face, recalling those moments in our own special place; memories warming my heart and my soul like those times we listened to that good old rock and roll when safe in your arms my heart felt so whole. We share precious memories we never will […]
DREAM-FISHING Endless summer afternoons we spent at the river’s edge, fishing poles in hand and wearing straw hats, so patient we were back then. We’d watch and wait for hours for the biggest fish to strike, just summertime kids, freckle-faced and tan, kids with nothing more important to do than to catch those fish and […]
FRIENDSHIP’S SONG Friendship’s song, the sweetest sound, delighting my heart on this loveliest of days, bringing joy and cheer even to winter’s cold and throughout the summer, as with vanishing showers these warm days unfold. (c) barbara kausteklis 5-30-12 Written for “Pic-Apart” Poetry. http://www.friendburst.com/blog/89692/pic-apart-celebrates-elizabeth-barrett-browning/ Thanks always for your visits and precious comments as I treasure […]
WITHIN THE FRAGRANCE OF PEACEFUL Within the stillnessof this momenttoward the endof a very long day,I stop herefor just a moment,retracing the stepsthat brought me here.I come here to this placewhere the fragrance of peacefulbathes my sometimes weary heartin sweet waves of serenity. I come hereto evening’s gardenthat brings closure to my dayin bands of […]
SUMMER’S DELIGHT Summer’s flower, such brief delight, plucked with love on warm days content; dear birds sweetly singing their joyful summer song to brighten and cheer and bring a renewed smile to this heart of mine. (c) barbara kausteklis 5-29-12 Written for Pic-Apart Poetry/ ‘Celebrating May With Elizabeth Barrett Browning.’ http://www.friendburst.com/blog/89692/pic-apart-celebrates-elizabeth-barrett-browning/ The idea of “Pic-Apart” […]
WITH THE SPRING Lost in emotion, these words falter and hesitate, beginning and and ending, finding a voice and written across life’s pages like flowers opening up as the snow melts away. (c) barbara kausteklis 4-24-12 Written for CPC “Pic-Apart Poetry,” this month featuring Robert Frost. It’s open now and always a joy to co-host […]
NATURE’S BLISS My thoughts play in the solitude of the hills, dancing to notes heard in the breeze, measured bliss of every flower, every cloud, every leaf, and enjoying Nature’s sweet company. (c) barbara kausteklis 3-27-12 Written for CPC “Pick Apart Poetry Welcomes Spring” this month featuring Wordsworth and a couple of his well-known spring […]
INTO FOCUS On a day not so very different from today or any other day (though now as I look back, it was rather different, I’d say), I woke up unexpectedly to the silence of the fog. And on this morning, just a year ago or so, I found something magical in that haze as […]
